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___tomeron
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Posted : Aug 16, 2001 10:40:47
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we all know that a good base line is half way to
a good track.
what is your way of creating a good baseline
tools? frequensy ? filters?
all together.
well ?
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___Psychadelo
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Posted : Aug 16, 2001 13:35:05
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Hey tomer.
to make a good bass-line , i have only one thing :
USE YOUR IMAGINATION !
in bass-line there are'nt rules , it's not a formula , just make something repeted so ppl can jump in party .
peace.
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___kaz
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Posted : Aug 16, 2001 13:40:28
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A Novation Supernova is a good start =). Or you could just do one of the classics (bass at the offbeat, onbeat +offbeat, onbeat +offbeat +between offbeat and onbeat, and so on in a low frequency or with a lot of midrange added as well). Of course, you can just make a sample you think is FUCKING cool, and just improvise with it until you've got a bassline which you think rocks. Only tip is keep the bassline in key with your track, the rest is up to you really.
What I'm saying, whatever you think suits the ideas you've got, since if it's your music, it should be YOUR music to the last bit, the way you like it.
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___alienhand
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Posted : Aug 16, 2001 15:20:32
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hi
there are several ways to make a kick-ass bass-line.
1. go to www.analogsamples.com and check out the diffrent sections (bass, bass line, brass...). dont look at the names as you also can create a powerful bass-line with ie. a pad.
take it to your sequencing tool and play the sample in diffrent notes until you found the note in which the bass line sounds great!
2. check out some vst-instruments (tbl bassline, cubase' vb-1, fruity loops' ts404 etc.)
3. least but not last check out the fm synthesis ie. in sound forge. edit this with diffrent effects, save the file as 16bit at 44000hz, load it to your fav. seq. and also try to play it in dif. notes.
if you have created a nice tone, the creation of a melody is also just that simple.
have fun!
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___KhelProject
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Posted : Aug 16, 2001 18:00:06
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A good way to creat a good bass line is different
from one track to another:)
I guess that velocity & cutoff are good basics
for a good bass line. And I like to add a bit of
delay:)
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___Trip-
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Posted : Aug 16, 2001 20:51:34
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All depends on what you want and what you need...
Some basslines don't fit with the bassdrum you chose, so now you need yo choose the right BD too.
Anyway - playing with the bassline is one thing, then there's the sound editing it self, checking the frequencies, how it meets the bassdrum together and how it meets when playing loopy :)
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___PsyTom
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Posted : Aug 17, 2001 14:27:58
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There's all kinds of basslines. Here's one kind:
Create a very simple melody in a certain scale (the same scale of the melody, if you have one in the track), than fill all the spaces between the note of the bass' melody with 1/16 notes of the dominant note in the scale. Regarding the sound itself, well, just use what sounds good (in general, LP filter with some resonance and saw waveform combined with a little square waveform).
That's only one way. It's not a formula for a successful bassline, just a mere example. |
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___DCQ
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Posted : Aug 19, 2001 15:43:30
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the important thing to remember is even if it doesnt sound like it fits
u can do what you want because its your music |
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___bernoli
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Posted : Aug 24, 2001 16:56:44
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try to alter the pitch on the notes ,it gives you
the story of the track.
if you are using software to create your music it's very easy and powerfull method.
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___kaz
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Posted : Aug 24, 2001 19:12:41
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Basically, do what you think sounds good, and keep tweeking it closer and closer to what you want until you've got it just right. |
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___Sex-Tazi
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Posted : Aug 25, 2001 22:12:15
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Just don't play with it too much.. The bass line is one of the most important foundation of a track and exactly the way you don't play with the bass-drums too much you don't play with the bass-line too much.
A good way of keeping the bass-line strong is not to make a melody with it - don't change the notes too much, also because changing the notes too much and making a melody with your bass-line may brush against the melodies in your track.
Another way is once u have a strong bass-line "melody" - it should be short and repeating with little changes in the returns if u would like so. |
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___tomeron
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Posted : Aug 26, 2001 12:56:17
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guy's with all the recpect (& i have alot of it for each & every one of u !)
i dont need u to tell me how to write a baseline ,belive me i know how it's done !
what i asked is how Y O U writing Y O U R baselines
"what is YOUR way of creating a good baseline"
WELL ?
cheers
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___ChillCrew
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Posted : Aug 26, 2001 12:59:24
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well, to be honest, if i want somthing groovey, i simply open the piano roll on FL3, and play around with it. but usuelly i play it on randomize and i hit apply till i hear somthing i like (in the accordance of the beat and scale.) |
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___MichaelA
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Posted : Aug 26, 2001 18:54:07
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Usually my basslines are preety simple, no complicated melodies.
Sometimes it's just a repeating 1/16 bass, I mean like
kick+bass, bass, bass, bass, kick+bass, bass, bass, bass.
Sometimes it's just different note lengths, and a note up or down from the note of the scale.
I write everything in Cakewalk's Piano Roll, hoping to move to Logic soon.
About filters and stuff, very rarely I use cutoff and resonance in very specific parts of the track. |
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___kaz
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Posted : Aug 26, 2001 19:07:41
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Ohh, how I create my bassline?
Well, just get in touch funky self <cough>bullshit<cough> :), write down what I think would be cool and work with my ideas, and think to myself "does that kick ass?" and if it doesn't, I usually just make a new one, or change the one I've got into something that would better suit the idea I've got.
Or I just improvise... planning only gets you so far :) |
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